A Sampling of Clips for
February 06, 2003
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Tyson smuggled
help for years, U.S. alleges
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 6 –
A U.S. prosecutor on Wednesday outlined to jurors what he said
was a years-long scheme by managers at Tyson Foods Inc. to hire
undocumented workers for low-wage jobs at its chicken-processing
plants around the country. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius,
director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at
UCSD).
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tyson6feb06,1,2970166.story
Slammer
Breaks All Records
United Press International, Feb. 6
– The “Slammer” virus that crippled the Internet
almost two weeks ago was the fastest computer worm ever recorded,
representing “significant and worrisome milestones in
the evolution of computer worms,” a report by the Cooperative
Association for Internet Data Analysis at UCSD’s
Supercomputer Center finds. (Quotes Supercomputer Center programmer
analyst Colleen Shannon).
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Related
article appeared in:
Montreal Gazette, Feb. 6
http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=37fe1bad-ddeb-4736-b74a-2738a40dbdde
UCSD research
San Diego Channel 10, Feb. 3 -- Janelle
Fine of UCSD’s NASA lab discussed
the research that the lab was involved in with the space shuttle
Columbia’s crew. The researchers were studying the effects
of the absence of gravity on blood pressure control. “Even
with the tragedy of Columbia, our space station research goes
on,” says Fine.
mms://132.239.118.11/NASA_Lab_Study.wmv
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Onward
and upward
Moscow Times, Opinion, Feb. 6 –
UCSD physics professor Sally Ride
explains the risks that every astronaut faces during a flight.
“There is no astronaut in the nation who is not well aware
of the delicate nature of the flight,” says Ride.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2003/02/06/006.html
The truth
& Quincy Troupe: Fictional resume cost poet dearly, but
it didn’t taint his voice
Kansas City Star, Feb. 6 – Feature
on UCSD literature professor Quincy
Troupe.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/5051145.htm
